Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2023-01-06 Thread Andrew Gallagher via Gnupg-users
On 5 Jan 2023, at 13:42, Ingo Klöcker wrote: > > GitLab keeps the verification state if a > key is removed, but I added the updated key including the expired subkey. That > was a bad idea because GitLab invalidated all commits signed with the expired > subkey. It is disappointing to see that

Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2023-01-05 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2022 19:44:19 CET Ingo Klöcker wrote: > I'm going to experiment with 1-year-validity of the signing subkeys of my > commit signing key. Since I use this key exclusively for commit signing, I > can simply replace it with a completely different key if I change my mind.

Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2022-10-25 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Am Donnerstag 13 Oktober 2022 15:42:04 schrieb Teemu Likonen: > * 2022-10-11 17:23:49+0200, nect via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Since I was struggling to choose a strategy for expiring/renewing my > > subkeys [...] > > We should ask why do you want to expire (and rotate) your subkeys? For encryption

Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2022-10-13 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Donnerstag, 13. Oktober 2022 11:39:41 CEST nect via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Since I use this key exclusively for commit signing, I can > > simply replace it with a completely different key if I change my mind. > > About this, how do you deal-or plan of dealing- with past commits signed > with a

Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2022-10-13 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2022-10-11 17:23:49+0200, nect via Gnupg-users wrote: > Since I was struggling to choose a strategy for expiring/renewing my > subkeys [...] We should ask why do you want to expire (and rotate) your subkeys? Maybe you have good reasons but I'll remind of the basic question: why not use the

Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2022-10-13 Thread nect via Gnupg-users
Hello Ingo, Thank you for your reply. >You will still have to upload the updated key to every website you use. So, > you don't gain much if anything with this approach. You are totally right, I didn't think of that. In any case, this begs the question: is it better (best practice if you want)

Re: Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2022-10-11 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2022 17:23:49 CEST nect via Gnupg-users wrote: > I started using gpg relatively recently (1 year or so), mainly for > signing git commits, and I am far from mastering it. > > Since I was struggling to choose a strategy for expiring/renewing my > subkeys (more details

Subkeys renewing/expiring strategy

2022-10-11 Thread nect via Gnupg-users
Hello, I started using gpg relatively recently (1 year or so), mainly for signing git commits, and I am far from mastering it. Since I was struggling to choose a strategy for expiring/renewing my subkeys (more details below) I decided to seek expert advice (hopefully this is the right place).